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WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 09: Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals raises the Stanley Cup as the team is honored before a baseball game between the Washington Nationals and the San Francisco Giants at Nationals Park on June 9, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images) less

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WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 09: Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals raises the Stanley Cup as the team is honored before a baseball game between the Washington Nationals and the San Francisco Giants at Nationals Park on June 9, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images) less

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 09: Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals raises the Stanley Cup as the team is honored before a baseball game between the Washington Nationals and the San Francisco Giants at ... more

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In D.C., Oakland, fans celebrate good times

Tens of thousands of fans lined the parade route along Constitution Avenue in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, including hundreds on the steps of the national archives creating a sea of red as they celebrated the Capitals, who won the franchise's first Stanley Cup since it entered the NHL in 1974.

The final bus with Conn Smythe Trophy winner Alex Ovechkin, Nicklas Backstrom, Brooks Orpik, owner Ted Leonsis and team president Dick Patrick also featured the Stanley Cup.

Also on Tuesday, hundreds of thousands of fans waved from behind barriers set up along the parade route in downtown Oakland, Calif., as Stephen Curry, NBA Finals MVP Kevin Durant and the rest of the Golden State Warriors took turns raising the Larry O'Brien Trophy. The Warriors won their third NBA title in four years last week.

NBA: The Toronto Raptors are hiring assistant Nick Nurse to become the franchise's new head coach, league sources told ESPN. Nurse, 50, replaces Dwane Casey, whom he worked under for the past five seasons. Casey was hired as the Detroit Pistons' head coach Monday.

NHL: The Carolina Hurricanes are bringing back Jeff Daniels as an assistant coach under new head coach Rod Brind'Amour. The 49-year-old Daniels has been the organization's manager of pro scouting since 2015. ... Ottawa Senators assistant GM Randy Lee will miss at least part of next week's NHL draft because he is due in court June 22, the first day of the two-day draft in Dallas. He is charged with harassing a hotel shuttle driver in Buffalo.

Soccer: Tobin Heath's go-ahead goal in the 75th minute in her return from injury helped the U.S. women's national team beat China 2-1 in Cleveland to sweep a two-game exhibition series. Heath had surgery to remove bone growth on her right ankle in January. Megan Rapinoe scored for the U.S. in the 35th minute.